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TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 190s.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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THOMAS HARRIS, OF SCRANI'ON, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed July 1, 1908. Serial No. 441,333.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ILinnrs, a citizen of the United States oi America, residing at Scranton, in the county oi Lachawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specizicm tion.

This invention relates to toys, and one of the principal ohjects of the same is to provide a wheeled frame with an imitation horse mounted thereon and to provide connections between the wheels and leet oi the horse, whereby the natural movements oi the iegs of the horse are'given in the movements et the toy.

Another object ot' the invention is to pro vide an automatic toy in which the figure ol a horse is mounted upon a wheeled trarne, and the legs of the horse are connected to a douhle crank axle oi the wheeled traine, said legs heing jointed and movahie to imitate the natural movements of the legs of horse.

These and other objects may he attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

I igure 1 is a side elevation ano partial section made in accordance with my invention. l ig. 2 is a plan view et the traine ot the toy, the standards for supporting the horse 1seing shown in section. l ig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line oi ig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 desienates a platform having depending hracets or hangers 2 in which are mounted the front axle 3 and the rear axle 4i. Rising from the platform 1 are the standards 5, and supported upon these standards is the figure of a horse. The front iegs are cach comM posed of three sections 7, 8 and 9, and said sections 7 are pivoted to the hody of the horse, as at 1 0, and the sections S and 9 are ivotally connected at 11 and 12. The hind egs of the horse are each composed ot three sections 13, 14 and 15, the section 13 being pivoted to the horse, as at 16, and the sec tions 14 and 15 being pivoted together, as at 17 and 18.

The front axle 3 of the vehicle is provided with double cranlfs 3a, said cranks being oppositelyT disposed, and pivotallv connected te the cran.-s are the connecting hars 19, said connecting lhars at their rear ends heing provided with linlfs 20 pivoted at 21 and hav ing attached to their upper ends the reciprocatii hars 22, said hars 22 extending at their front ends through openings 23 in the platform 1. Connected to the feet sections 9 oi the horse are the rods or lin's 24:, said rods heing engaged in staples 25 connected to the sections i) and at their lower ends pivotod to hars 26, said hars heing pivoted at 27 to the reciprocating hars 22, The feet sections 15 of the hind legs oi the horse are similarly connected h v means of the rods or iinl's 28 to linlfs 29, said linls heing pivotally connected to the rods 28 at one end and at their opposite ends pivoted at 3() to the reciprocating hars 22. rThe mechanism for operating the horse is inciosed within a suitah e housing Sl., and the wheels 32 are mounted on the front and rear axles. A suitable tongue or handle 33 is attached to the trame in any suitahle manner so that the toy may he drawn over the iloor.

rom the foregoing `it will he obvious that as the toy is drawn over the :floor the legs of the iligure oi the horse are moved in a natural manner, thus providing an amusing toy for children which is not expensive to manufacture and which can he sold at a iow price.

ri toy comprising a wheeled frame, the :figure oi a horse mounted upon said frame, said horse having legs made up ol' pivoted sections, a cranlfed front axle, hars pivoted to said. cranfed axle, reciprocating hars connected thereto, linis connected to the Afoot sections oi the horse, lins connected to said linl's and pivotcd to the reciprocating hars, and a tongue or handle for moving said toy.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS HARRIS.

Witnesses'.

SAMUEL D. ROBERTS, JOHN IsAAo. 

